Title Gender differences in the language of Ernest Hemingway’s fiction /
Translation of Title Lyčių skirtumų raiška Ernesto Hemingway’aus meniniuose tekstuose.
Authors Baranauskienė, Reda ; Adminienė, Vilija
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Is Part of Lyčių studijos ir tyrimai.. Šiauliai : VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla. 2012, Nr. 10, p. 111-120.. ISSN 1822-6310
Keywords [eng] gender language differences ; literary discourse analysis ; E. Hemingway's fiction ; linguistic strategies (hedges, question tags) ; dominance and powerlessness
Abstract [eng] The aim of the article is to examine differences between the speech of women and men in Hemingway'sfiction and to typify the linguistic strategies representing female and male dominance or powerlessness in different social contexts. The precise analysis of the relationships between gender and language, the linguistic strategies (i.e, tag questions and hedges) employed by female and male allowed the authors to make a claim that in E. Hemingway's fiction male use question–tags more often than female do. The research has proved that the usage of tag questions by male is coincident with theoretical claims that men use tags searching for confirmation of their viewpoint in the contest–based social situations. In the corpus under the research, the authors found that female use hedges more often than men do. This reveals the attitude of the 20th century male writer's attitude towards female heroines, i.e. women are of lower social status and, thus, need support and acceptance of men. Gender differences in language occur because of status–conscious society, cross–cultural differences, misunderstandings of the intent of the other sex, the dominant role of male position in society, and on different linguistic strategies acquired by female and male subcultures in culture and social organization. The authors assume that while many of sociolinguists refer to characteristics of male and female speech styles by different names, they all have identified similar tendencies in terms of gender differences in language: women's use of hedges and tag questions, differences in topics of the conversation and choice of lexicon, differing message interpretation and a higher degree of women's politeness.
Published Šiauliai : VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2012